If it weren't for Elizabeth McLellan, unused medical supplies would end up in the trash.McLellan collects supplies from hospitals and health care facilities across New England. Most of them will head to parts of the world that lack proper medical supplies.McLellan's inspiration came when she was working as a nurse in a hospital in Saudi Arabia."I said to myself, ‘We have so much, so much in our country, and they have so little, and someday when I go home, I’m going to figure this problem out,'" McLellan said.Watch the video above to see the full story.

PORTLAND, Maine —

If it weren't for Elizabeth McLellan, unused medical supplies would end up in the trash.

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McLellan collects supplies from hospitals and health care facilities across New England. Most of them will head to parts of the world that lack proper medical supplies.

McLellan's inspiration came when she was working as a nurse in a hospital in Saudi Arabia.

"I said to myself, ‘We have so much, so much in our country, and they have so little, and someday when I go home, I’m going to figure this problem out,'" McLellan said.